Chris Mcdade Email & Phone Number

London, England, United Kingdom

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

o I am responsible for the SWA’s engagement with the Department for International Trade, the Office for the Internal Market, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and political stakeholders (MPs/MSPs/business groups/NGOs) active in international trade policy.o I identify important stakeholders and set out plans on how to engage them on key.

London, United Kingdom

• The Scotch Whisky Association (SWA) is the trade body representing distillers, blenders, bottlers, and exporters of Scotch Whisky, an industry worth £5.5bn in GVA to the UK economy and a product exported to 175 markets.
• I worked in a small EU and Brexit unit at the SWA which had two core remits: 1) to analyse policy developments during UK-EU negotiations and its impacts on the industry; and 2) to understand the implementation of EU.
• I was responsible for drafting position papers on the Scotch Whisky industry’s priorities for the future UK-EU economic relationship, exploring issues such as the level of regulatory alignment, tariffs, customs and.
• I coordinated, and submitted, consultation responses to UK Government consultations on behalf of the SWA. This included issues such as the return of duty-free UK-EU post-Brexit and the UK's future applied Most Favoured.
• I organised the SWA's Brexit Working Group consisting of Corporate and Public Affairs senior management representatives from SWA member companies. I chaired meetings and updated SWA member companies on policy.
• I represented the SWA on a number of UK Government stakeholder forums including the Department for International Trade's Expert Trade Advisory Groups (ETAGs) on Trade Agreement Continuity and Customs Facilitation.

London, United Kingdom

• The John Lewis Partnership is the UK's largest employee-owned business, consisting of the John Lewis and Waitrose brands.
• I had responsibility for monitoring and developing three public policy areas: the impact of exiting the EU on the Partnership; initiating development of a retail strategy for Scotland; and development of policy on.
• Responded to calls for evidence from government departments, including BEIS and HMT, on future customs policy and developed the Partnership’s response to the Migration Advisory Committee’s call for evidence on the.
• Led the development of a Retail Strategy for Scotland, sponsored by Keith Brown MSP (then Cabinet Secretary for the Economy), and worked with Scottish Government civil servants and Scottish business stakeholders.
• Developed briefings, alongside colleagues, for John Lewis and Waitrose executive teams, including the Chairman Sir Charlie Mayfield, ahead of key meetings with Government Ministers, Permanent Secretaries, and leading.

London, United Kingdom

• I was responsible for the overall strategic direction of Energy UK’s political engagement in Westminster and the devolved administrations. This included the following responsibilities:Public Affairs
• Liaised with policy colleagues to define key industry positions and produce political engagement plans.
• Drafted letters setting out the energy industry’s position in areas of interest to senior Government Ministers often taking complex policy issues and communicating them in an accessible way.
• Attended senior meetings with the Chief Executive and ensure that executive level staff are briefed ahead of meetings, select committee appearances, and roundtables.
• Maintained strong working relationships, and a database of contacts, with several external stakeholders including government departments (BEIS, HMT), government executive agencies (National Infrastructure Commission).
• Coordinated parliamentary events, including MP drop-in/photo-ops to advise and inform Parliamentarians of industry initiatives.

London, United Kingdom

My role at Energy UK covered three key areas: political intelligence; event organisation; and stakeholder/public engagement.I was responsible for monitoring all parliamentary activity and regulation affecting the UK's energy industry including primary/secondary legislation coming from Westminster, the European Union and the Scottish Parliament. This.

House Of Commons, Westminster

• The PRS is a pooled research facility producing briefings on campaigns and legislation for over 100 Labour MPs in the House of Commons.
• Worked closely with MP’s researchers and Shadow Frontbench political advisers to establish Labour Party policy positions on legislation.,
• Responded to Labour MPs enquiries and acting as a main point of contact for Scottish MPs.
• Provided briefings on legislation, committee reports and campaigns led by pressure/lobby groups to MPs.

Brussels Area, Belgium

While working for the British Labour MEP, David Martin, I followed the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee (AFCO) and the Sub-Committee on Human Rights (DROI) advising my MEP on reports going through the committees. I also worked as the EPLP and S&D link on the AFCO committee flagging any politically sensitive reports and providing.